48 Things Money Tried to Tell Us

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Money talks.

Sometimes it whispers comfort. Sometimes it shouts chaos.

It’s more than coins and credit — it’s power, pressure, freedom, fear.

No wonder some of the sharpest minds (and sharpest tongues) have weighed in.

These quotes about money?

They don’t just say something.

They mean something.

 

1. “Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets after a change, and that is all there is to say about money.” – Gertrude Stein

2. “Sooner or later, we sell out for money.” – Tony Randall

3. “Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” – Jim Rohn

4. “Wealth and want equally harden the human heart.” – Theodore Parker

5. “So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?” – Ayn Rand

6. “Business is other people’s money.” – Delphine de Girardin

7. “Money is just a way of keeping score.” – H. L. Hunt

8. “A man in debt is so far a slave.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

9. “Don’t let making a living prevent you from making a life.” – John Wooden

10. “There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.” – Marlene Dietrich

11. “All I ask is the chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.” – Spike Milligan

12. “When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.” – Oscar Wilde

13. “What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.” – Sitting Bull

14. “You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.” – Casey Stengel

15. “I’m not broke. Like everybody else, I owe money.” – Marlee Matlin

16. “There is nothing so habit-forming as money.” – Don Marquis

17. “Money does not make you happy but it quiets the nerves.” – Sean O’Casey

18. “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples’ money.” – Margaret Thatcher

19. “Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.” – Sophocles

20. “There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.” – Sam Walton

21. “Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn’t got money.” – David Geffen

22. “Thirteen thousand dollars a year is not enough to raise a family. That’s not enough to pay your bills and save for their future. That’s barely enough to provide for even the most basic needs.” – Tom Carper

23. “There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.” – Adlai Stevenson I

24. “I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers.” – Kid Rock

25. “Never spend your money before you have earned it.” – Thomas Jefferson

26. “Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.” – Earl Warren

27. “I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.” – Pablo Picasso

28. “No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.” – Samuel Johnson

29. “Money doesn’t mean anything to me. I’ve made a lot of money, but I want to enjoy life and not stress myself building my bank account. I give lots away and live simply, mostly out of a suitcase in hotels. We all know that good health is much more important.” – Keanu Reeves

30. “Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.” – Agatha Christie

31. “A fool and his money are soon parted.” – Thomas Tusser

32. “We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and create products that teach people how to have money work hard for them.” – Robert Kiyosaki

33. “If you stop at general math, you’re only going to make general math money.” – Snoop Dogg

34. “Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?” – Joel Osteen

35. “I’m scared to death of being poor. It’s like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It’s my pet paranoia.” – Cher

36. “I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: ‘try being rich first’. See if that doesn’t cover most of it. There’s not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.” – Bill Murray

37. “If I have enough money to eat I’m good.” – Shia LaBeouf

38. “If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.” – Aristotle Onassis

39. “Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn’t willing to.” – Bill Gates

40. “The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.” – Kin Hubbard

41. “For I can raise no money by vile means.” – William Shakespeare

42. “Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money.” – Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

43. “Money can’t buy love, but it improves your bargaining position.” – Christopher Marlowe

44. “Do what you love and the money will follow.” – Marsha Sinetar

45. “Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won’t buy the wag of his tail.” – Josh Billings

46. “Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.” – Marlon Brando

47. “Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” – George Carlin

48. “In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.” – William Randolph Hearst